Sketch of John Grantham, St. Charles County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Joseph Grantham, of England, came to America, and settled in Jefferson
County, Virginia.  The names of his children were:  John, Lewis, Mary
and Jemima.  John married Mary Strider, of Virginia, and they had one
child, a son, which they named Taliaferro.  He married Mary D. Ashley,
daughter of Major Samuel Ashley, of the War of 1812, who was the son 
of Captain John Ashley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  Mr. Grant-
ham settled in St. Charles County in 1835, and in 1836 he laid out the
town of Flint Hill, which he named for Flint Hill, of Rappahannock
County, VA.  He built a house in the new town the same year, and kept
it as a hotel.  When the war with Mexico began Mr. Grantham enlisted
and was commissioned Captain of Volunteers.  He had six children:
Samuel A., Charles W., Jamison M., Martha C., Mary C. and Maria.	

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